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CHARLES R.MUTM MA,(ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF "JOHN MUMMA, DECEASED) OF MIDDLETOWN, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 86,095, aazed'Jamm 19, 1869.

DEPROVED CLOTHES-DRIER.

The Schedule referred to these Letters Patent and making part of the same:

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN MUMMA, of Middletown,

in Butler county, Ohio, have invented a new and usemanner as the standards a b are hinged.

.The hinged ends of both the standards and racks are bevelled at'a suitable angle, and extend a suitable distance beyond the hinges, so as to come in contact squarely when the rack is spread out, and so as to serve as stops to limit theextent to which the rack may be opened.

' The, hinged. self-adjusting frames or wings c d are pivoted to the standards at t 'i, on each side of the laddersor standards'u {2.

One of the rounds or rolls It extends through the two pairs 'of ladders, on each side of the rack,.to serve as a hinge, I

The parts being constructed and hinged together in the manner above described, it is obvious that the movement toward or from each other of the standards or ladders a b will cause a like movement of the self-adj ustin g wings or ladders c d. I

Any suitable number of'rounds, K, and pins, L, may be attached to the structure, for the purpose of hanging clothing to dry.

I am aware that clothes-racks have been made with both pairs of. ladders, two serving as standards and two also as wings, but these are differently connected and hinged.

- My rack,- or drier, maybe readilyadjusted to receive the articles to be dried, by spreading the standards orlegs, and the entire structure, with its rounds and pins filled with clothes, maybe instantaneously folded, with its contents, to be set aside while-the position it may occupy is temporarily required.

Instead of eye-bolt hinges, wire staples may be used, I

and the projecting ends of the wires which form the staples may pass through separate holes in the rails of the ladders, and be twisted together, to make the hinges fast, when drawn through a proper distance to bring the parts into the relation necessary'to cause the bevelled ends of the rails to come squarely together.

It will be observed that the cord or other device'- connecting the standards or long ladders, to prevent them from spreading too widely, is dispensed with by my invention, as the bevelled ends of the rails, extending beyond the hinges which connect them, serve as stops to limit the extent of their movement in adjust-' ing the rack for use.

Having fully described my improvement in clothesrac-ks What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination of the ladders a b and wings c d with bevelled surfaces, and the eye-bolts which serve as stops to limit the expansion of the rack, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand,

this 3d day of October, A. D. 1867 J OHN MUMMA. Witnesses H. P. K. Pnox, J. G. OLABK.' 

